Appendix intussusception in a young patient with Crohn's disease

A Faul; A Laforest; D Fuks

doi:10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2019.10.009

Appendix intussusception in a young patient with Crohn's disease

J Visc Surg. 2020 Aug;157(4):355-357. doi: 10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2019.10.009. Epub 2019 Nov 4.

Authors

A Faul¹, A Laforest¹, D Fuks²

Affiliations

¹ Department of digestive, oncologic and metabolic surgery, institut mutualiste Montsouris, université Paris Descartes, 75014 Paris, France.
² Department of digestive, oncologic and metabolic surgery, institut mutualiste Montsouris, université Paris Descartes, 75014 Paris, France. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 31699524
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2019.10.009

Abstract

Appendix intussusception is rare, can be responsible of chronic unexplained abdominal pain and is mostly associated with inflammatory changes or endometriosis. A 23-year-old woman with Crohn's disease was diagnosed invaginated appendix by CT-scan and colonoscopy after several acute atypical abdominal pain episodes. These episodes were suspected to be independent of the Crohn's disease and to be attributed to the intussusception itself. A resection combining ligation of the base by colonoscopy and cecectomy by laparoscopy was performed successfully. However, no argument for Crohn's disease was found on the pathologic examination.

Keywords: Appendix intussusception; Case report; Crohn's disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Appendectomy / methods*
Appendix / surgery*
Cecal Diseases / diagnosis
Cecal Diseases / etiology
Cecal Diseases / surgery*
Colonoscopy
Crohn Disease / complications*
Female
Humans
Intussusception / diagnosis
Intussusception / etiology
Intussusception / surgery*
Laparoscopy
Young Adult